BeamNG.drive simply had a graphics overhaul so we will lastly watch a household hatchback navigate a speedbump at 100mph with dynamic ambient lighting

BeamNG.drive, a mainstay of our listing of one of the best racing video games due to its dedication to being a vehicular sandbox for soft-body crash-damage lovers, in addition to its PvP and modability, simply had its largest replace. The patch contains “large graphics modifications”, which suggests shadows ought to be extra secure, there’s HDR output assist on Vulkan and Direct3D 12, bodily right gentle attenuation, and dynamic ambient lighting.

My favourite element is that, along with volumetric clouds, BeamNG.drive now has an correct evening sky. “The sky relies on actual astronomical values,” the patch notes say, “together with Milky Approach rendering and a constellation database, absolutely synchronized with latitude, longitude, date, and time of day.”

That is the type of devoted consideration to element you need whenever you’re slamming automobiles into fences at a number of hundred miles per hour to see which of them survive. (The reply is none of them. Fences at all times win.)

BeamNG.drive’s infamously clunky UI has been overhauled too, with a redesigned pause menu, improved gamepad performance, and a revamped UI for replays. It is extra moddable than the earlier UI too, which is nice information as a result of I think it is nonetheless going to really feel fairly off-putting to new gamers.

Different additions embody an overhauled photograph mode, extra reasonable automobile lights, a brand new aerodynamic physics system, varied map enhancements, reminiscence optimization, up to date ambient audio, an all-gravel Rally Loop, a freeroam tutorial, and a brand new automobile: the Cherrier Ardente, “a strong contender for the best-looking automobile we have ever carried out, with a sculpted modern exterior and a sporty, driver-focused inside.”

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This replace brings BeamNG.drive as much as model 0.39. It has been in early entry for 11 years now, and is so previous it got here up by Steam Greenlight. There is a PS5 model presently within the works, although “future PC updates” are promised as effectively.